George,

Thanks for the commentary and imput. I am counting on you and others to help
me out in this so that it will proceed smoothly and not fall by the wayside.
I was hoping that there was a simpler way to do this, and I am relieved. I
will contact you.
I will comment on the land issue later.

Jabou Joh


In a message dated 7/5/2001 4:59:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
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 Jabou,
  First, let me say that you've made an astute observation on the issue of
'State Land' and your questions couldn't be phrased any better. One of
 your questions : "Who allocated these traditional lands orginally and how
 was it determined who gets what and what groups are entitled and which
 ones are not?" , deserves not only a public debate but a thorough
 investigation as we continue our quest for social and equal justice. I
 don't quite remember who brought this up but I have to agree that this is
 one sector of our inept legal/judicial system that needs a revisit. As a
 matter of fact the same thought went through my mind when I first read
 about this but just couldn't phrase it the way you did Jabou. Keep it up.

   Going back to the draft petition and collection of signatures, I'm just
 not sure if our good Dr Touray is trying to raise the bar a little higher
 or whether he is just trying to perfect the art of plagiarism. Somehow, I
 feel for you (Jabou), having to read through all those mumbo-jumbos that
 in a nutshell amount to zilch. Level 1 and level 2 petition collectors...
 goodness gracious, what is the sense of having modern day technology? I'm
 at a lost too Jabou and I don't blame you. Phew! Not only do I find the
 Dr's cut-and-paste, textbook-style instructions bloviating and counter-
 productive, I was utterly stunned by how he avoided considering your
 recommendation for him to consult with myself, Yus and other experts in
 this area, almost acting as if we need to reassure him that we have
 successfully done this kind of thing before. Need I say "Stovall" for
 starters or is it time to update the CV? All I'm saying is why reinvent
 wheel and stagnate progress.

 Arguable, Katim should be commended for doing what is within the confines
 of his good heart for correcting the "Ts" and the "Is" as someone puts but
 let's face it, Ebrima Ceesay's draft was just splendid and to the point.
 But that itself still is not good enough without the doctrines and
 political correctness of the Dr Tourays, who chuckling recommended that
 Ebrima refer to Jammeh as President Jammeh. This is one classic example of
 my argument. If the whole purpose of writing this petition is/was to
 informed the newly appointed ambassador that Jammeh is NOT fit to be our
 president, then why on good green earth should Ebrima refer to him as
 President Jammeh? I mean give us a break here and cut the crap for goodness
 sake. All this crap will lead us to what I refer to as the diversionary
 '3Ds' Delay..Drag..Drool.

 My point is we should not succomb to anybody's ineptitude by sheer caprice
 just for the little respect some us have for our Drs. I know I have been
 critical of Dr Touray for some his decision making tactics and rulings,and
 I'm aware that he hates my guts but despite my respect for the Dr., I put
 the interest of getting things done as opposed to been liked or disliked.
 Remember the freegambia.org project? How about the jammehmustgo.com
 project? Just to name a few,whatever happened to those projects spearheaded
 by our good Dr? I mean if a person has a track record of delaying,dragging,
 and drooling on progress, the least we can do is to be upfront with him
 and tell him what we think as constructive criticism rather than sweeping
 his shortcomings or ineptitude , to be quite frank, under the carpet.

 It is amazing how we sometimes accept certain things wittingly, when in
 most cases we know they will come back to haunt us if we don't take any
 corrective measures head on. If we can't put away our petty differences and
 collectively formulate sound strategies, we will never get anywhere in this
 struggle. I may be a little too critical of our good Dr. and perhaps sound
somewhat personal and making a big deal out of nothing but trust me, I
 hold no grudges against him. All I know is if he doesn't want to work with
 me, that's his prerogative but I will not sit and painstakingly watch
 another great opportunity to send our message across go down the drains
 because of bad judgement and delay on his part. I just tell it as I see
 fit as oppose to falling for the ilks of nepotism and partisanship. Kaput.

                                         Happy July 4th everybody.
                                         Mr Makaveli


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